שמים
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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- (“sky, heaven”). Cognate with Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ, “sky”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -im
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃaˈmajim/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key):
Noun
שמיים / שָׁמַיִם • (shamáyim) m pl (singular construct שְׁמֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמָיִם)
Usage notes
- Like its English translations, the word is usually found in the definite form הַשָּׁמַיִם (hashamáyim).
Declension
Declension of שָׁמַיִם
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| plural | indefinite | שָׁמַיִם | first | שמיי / שָׁמַי | שָׁמֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַשָּׁמַיִם | second | שָׁמֶיךָ | שמייך / שָׁמַיִךְ | שְׁמֵיכֶם | שְׁמֵיכֶן | |
| construct | שְׁמֵי־ | third | שָׁמָיו | שָׁמֶיהָ | שְׁמֵיהֶם | שְׁמֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- שְׁחָקִים m pl (sh'khakím)
Derived terms
- יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם (yir'át shamáyim)
- שְׁמֵימִי (shmeymí)
Further reading
שמים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
